“The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower The Bible (and The Torah) recounts the story of “the scapegoat” as one of a pair of kid goats. One goat was sacrificed, while the “scapegoat” was cast into the desert to “carry away” the sins of the community. Friend of […]

“Consistent daily progress by individual employees fuels both the success of the organisation and the quality of those employees’ inner work lives.” — Teresa Amabile A Primal Pursuit Dopaminergic Drinking Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman offers a compelling insight into the pursuit of progress. Picture an animal wandering across a sparse landscape, she detects the subtle scent of water. With

The Cobbler’s Children: Walking The Espoused Talk Cobbler “Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince “I relish feedback, it’s the food of champions,” many executives proclaim. But do we really enjoy feedback? Often, our egos tell a different story. When your child tells you the meal you

“Given such strong defences against change, fresh ideas come from those who do more than think outside the box. They think outside the building.”― Rosabeth Moss Kanter Rosabeth Moss Kanter challenges organisations to go beyond conventional thinking, suggesting that real innovation comes from those who “think outside the building.” This metaphorical leap is essential for escaping

“Epigenetics can allow environmental effects to be lifelong, or even multigenerational.” — Robert Sapolsky “The individual nature of a single cell can be compared to that of a manuscript. Each cell inherits the same first draft. Over time, words are scratched out and others are added; genes are silenced or activated. Different qualities or phrases are emphasized, and

“Don’t stop playing just because you’ve grown old, or you’ll grow old because you’ve stopped your play…. You’re never too old to be young…. When they tell you to act your age, they’re obviously lacking in expertise. Can’t they see it doesn’t matter unless you’re a bottle of wine or you’re a piece of cheese?

BraveHeart “Companies whose investment processes demand quantification of market sizes and financial returns before they can enter a market get paralysed or make serious mistakes when faced with disruptive technologies. They demand market data when none exists and make judgments based on financial projections when neither revenues nor costs can be known. Using planning and

“Emotionally, it’s easier to change when you’re haemorrhaging.” — Andy Grove Conventional wisdom suggests that to effectively motivate people for digital transformation, a leader needs a burning platform — a narrative of how an external threat is going to disrupt your organisation, such that you must either change quickly or go up in flames. “We had a series of misses. We

“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” — Peter Drucker Centuries ago, oxcarts carved routes through the wilderness, choosing paths of least resistance. Over time, these trails solidified, compressing the earth beneath countless journeys, until they became the very roads we traverse today. These paths, laid down

The intensity of a heavy squat with the biological marvel of bone remodelling “Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity — not a threat.” — Steve Jobs When we bear weight, we introduce micro-fractures to our bones and micro-tears to our muscle fibres. These small injuries are not detrimental; instead, they are signals for our bodies to